spring 2019 is almost here, and it’s a great time to start thinking about portraits - family, couple, baby, individual, whatever you’re looking for! i’ve been photographing all of these types of portraits around the DMV for the last decade, and i have a few favorite locations that i wanted to share…

i can’t believe that it took me so long to get around to sharing this wedding - in particular our sessions in san francisco, because that’s the farthest i’ve traveled for a wedding and it was pretty much the PERFECT weekend for me lol. we had two portrait sessions - one the day before the walima, starting at the palace of fine arts, then…

a week ahead of the cherry blossoms, and on a rainy day in a city clogged with traffic, it seemed like it would be hard to get the photos we wanted on the day of nadiaa and nasir's nikah (islamic wedding vows). nadiaa was so incredibly patient working with me to schedule this session months ahead, knowing my schedule was tight on a school day. but honestly...

one of my favorite family sessions from 2013! safiya invited me to her family's house to do some backyard portraits with her little boy, faiz, her husband and her two sisters; i got there with just enough time left in the day to catch the tail end of some pretty magical autumn evening light…

the lovely sana was still expecting her second child when i first met her early in 2012 while photographing her younger sister's wedding (the first wedding i shot after my own second child was born!), so it was both an honor and a pleasure when she contacted me last summer…